She left the firm to launch a site she says is "like Match.com for lawyers" and their pro bono clients. As a first year associate, Conrad says she was afraid to take on the asylum case. The experience inspired her to start Paladin, a platform for matching lawyers to pro bono projects, which launched in February. The National Bar Association recommends that lawyers do 50 hours of pro bono work each year. If all of them did, it would close what Conrad calls the "justice gap"--the unmet need for pro bono legal services.

Source: Forbes May 25, 2017 12:00 UTC